Gasoline gauge



Jan. 10, 1928.

1,656,064 A. P. HAWN GASOLINE GAUGE Filed March 11, 1927 lid l atented Jan, ill,

uni-ran STATES PATENT otricn.

ANDREW" I. I-IAW'N, OF GOODLANLD, INDIANA.

GASOLINE GAUGE Application filed llliaroh 11, 1927.

llhe pi i ,3; especially designed tor use in conwith gasoline dispensin stands oi? noble tank type, and ain' to provide a range so .OIlSl'ltlCl'Qtl that gasoline may be sold by value and not quantity.

ilin important object ot the invention is to provide a gauge of this character which may he readilyand easily removed and replaced by a gauge having: a dillcrent scale of price nun'ibers thereon, thereby compensating tor cha in the price of gasoline.

It. still turtl'ier object ot the invention is to provide a garte ln rvinp; lateral parallel thi gee and havnr rectangular openings between the flanges, so that the nature may be read ea ly by persons standi p; directly in 'l'ror 1 ol' the gauge.

l liilh the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and :in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being; understood that changes in the precise ei'nbodiinent oi the invention herein disclosed, may be made with in the scope of what claimed, without depar-tiar from the spirit of the invention.

lttelerring to the drawing:

lligure 1 is an elevational view of a tank equipped with a gauge constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure a side elevational view there cl, a portion of the garage being brolcen away.

'l' igrure $13 a transverse sectional view through the gauge.

l'telerring to the drawing in detail, the relnrrnce character 5 indicates the stand on which the visible tank (5 is supported and in which the gasoline is pumped in the dispensing of a q antity ol gasoline.

"lhe tank (5 or the usual construction and includes a bottom 7 and a top 8 held in spaced relation with each other by means of the vertical rods 9, the same being arranged in spaced relation with each other, as shown by the drawing".

'llhc gauge, forming the essence of this invei'ition includes an elongated body portion lorined preterably or sheet metal and provided with lateral flanges 10 which extend outwardly and rearwardly as at 11, the rearwardly extended portion closely engaging the flanges to strengthen the same.

'llhe gauge is supported between adjacent t invention relates to removable rods 9 and held in position by the upper and lower spring inen'ibers 152, which have curved ends 13 fitted around the inner snrjlaces of the 1 'ods 9 to the end that the gauge may be readily and easily removed and replaced by :ii'iother gauge having; openings formed various distances apart. 1 It is to be iniderstood that a number of these gauges are to be used in connection lh a gas tanlc, there being provided a uge tlor each change in the pr ce per gal sollne, and due to the construction m or as shown and described, it will be seen that a igc, when once positioned, may he ad'instcu vertically so that the 'iu'iperinost opeiiin oi? the gauge may be properly positioned with respect to the fluid level in the tank when the tank is tilled.

ltectangular oigicuings '14: are formed in the 'ige which openings are arranged in such a av that the late 'al corners thoroot will be in a direct horizontal line that a readinn' may be taken when the quantity of gasoliiie, oi level oi: the gasoline in the tank reaches this horizontal line.

ts shown, a gauge is provided wherein the price of gasoline is n23 cents per gallon, the ninnbers arranged adjacent to the openings representing the price of the ,igasoline drawn from the tanlz when the gasoline level in the tank has reached the particular opening".

Thus it will be seen that due to this construction, a person may purchase 50 cents worth of gasoline or any quantity o't ease line by price, and not by qinintity, thereby snnphtying the sale of gasoline and tended ing it easy tor persons purchasing gnlsolinc to determine whether or not they have obtained the proper amount 0']? gasoline tor which they have paid;

I claim: H

In coinb'inatimi with the t-rtuisparent tank of a gasoline dispensing stand, and the rods arranged adjacent thereto, a gauge including; an elongated body portion having; cut out portions to permit the contents oi the tank to be viewed therethrough, said body portion having; flanges toriiied along; the side edges, and spring; n'ien'ibers positioned over the body portion and having curved ends adapted to lit under the rods to secure the gauge in position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixed my signature.

ANDREW P. HAWVN.

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